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"None of us here in washington knows all or even half of the answers If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government." »Barry Goldwater
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"The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the irving Wallace family - they have preservatives." »Calvin Trillin
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"In washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite." »Robert Reich
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"I love to go to washington -- if only to be near my money." »Bob Hope
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"What washington needs is adult supervision." »Barack Obama
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"If you take out the killings, washington actually has a very low crime rate." »Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
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"washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light." »C. V. R. Thompson
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"You know what's interesting about washington It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature." »George W. Bush
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"washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm." »John F. Kennedy
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"There is good news from washington today. Congress is deadlocked and can't act." »Will Rogers
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"After two years in washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." »Fred Thompson
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"Outside of the killings, washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." »Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr.
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"The mystery of government is not how washington works but how to make it stop." »P. J. O'Rourke
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"washington D.C. is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"I often say of George washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power." »Robert Frost
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"George washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - he could not even lie." »Mark Twain
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"George washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping" »Jeff Melvoin
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"George washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?" »Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994
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"It may just be because I get homesick, but I have concluded Washington's cherry blossoms are just plain overrated." »Newt Gingrich
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"washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up." »Dean Acheson (1893 - 1971)
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"washington DC is the only place in America where people put bumper stickers on their cars the day *after* the election." »Cokie Roberts, TV interview in either 1992 or 1996
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"washington is a place where people praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations." »John Kenneth Galbraith
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"The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in washington, printed in triplicate by the Government Printing Office and mailed to you by the United States Postal Service." »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George washington. (Reply to President Ronald Reagan in defense of Palestinian terrorist)" »Muammar Qaddafi
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"Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)" »Shimon Peres
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"Slater Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha washington man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man when he come in the door, man she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man." »Dazed and Confused
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"Most tax revisions didn't improve the system, they made it more like washington itself complicated, unfair, cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to hire high-priced legal and tax advisers." »Ronald Reagan
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"History buffs probably noted the reunion at a washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon-See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil." »Robert Joseph Bob Dole
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"To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"...in the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it." »George Will, Newsweek, 2/22/93
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